Erzurum International Airport

LTCE · Erzurum, Türkiye

Climate Erzurum International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Erzurum International Airport (LTCE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 50.4 46 83 46 52 79
February 55.8 78 49 56 70 68
March 70.2 67 58 57 77 80
April 89.1 84 91 95 91
May 95.1 95 91 100 95
June 98.8 99 97 100 100
July 99.8 99 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 99.1 100 100 96 100
October 95.3 92 99 95 99
November 84.5 70 88 83 84
December 51.1 73 59 57 47
Average 81.9 63.4 84.9 84.2 87.3 88.5

55th best VFR conditions of Türkiye

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.9 72 92 69 74 92
February 74.1 90 71 76 79 83
March 88.5 82 92 79 90 97
April 97.8 98 95 99 99
May 99.3 100 99 100 100
June 99.5 100 99 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 100
October 98.8 98 99 99 100
November 95.1 87 98 93 95
December 72.2 84 77 78 72
Average 91.1 81.2 94.3 92.2 93.6 95.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -3.4 -1 2 -4 -2 -3
February -2.6 3 -5 0 1 -2
March 4.9 6 8 0 3 7
April 12.5 12 13 16 11
May 17.8 17 16 22 18
June 23.7 22 23 26 23
July 28.1 26 28 29 28
August 29.0 30 31 28 27
September 24.6 25 25 23 27
October 16.9 16 17 15 20
November 8.5 9 10 10 8
December 1.3 4 5 0 -1
Average 12.3 2.6 13.8 13.9 14.1 13.6

64th highest temperature of Türkiye

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -14.2 -9 -13 -15 -13 -16
February -13.1 -8 -18 -9 -12 -12
March -6.7 -5 -1 -10 -8 -2
April -1.4 0 -1 1 -1
May 3.4 4 2 3 4
June 7.1 7 7 7 7
July 10.3 9 10 12 11
August 11.0 11 12 12 10
September 5.8 7 5 6 7
October 0.7 1 1 0 0
November -5.6 -3 -4 -3 -5
December -9.7 -6 -4 -10 -11
Average -2.6 -8.8 0.0 -1.6 -1.5 -1.4

2nd lowest temperature of Türkiye

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.6 27 5 22 11 8
February 12.5 7 22 13 12 19
March 17.4 24 28 26 14 12
April 8.0 16 5 1 6
May 6.4 7 10 1 8
June 1.2 3 1 0 1
July 0.3 1 0 0 0
August 0.2 1 0 1 0
September 0.5 1 1 1 1
October 4.1 7 4 5 0
November 7.3 14 6 5 10
December 12.4 17 12 8 9
Average 8.0 19.6 9.4 7.8 4.3 5.6

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.9 5 6 5 5 5
February 5.3 7 6 6 5 8
March 7.5 7 8 8 8 8
April 7.9 9 7 9 8
May 7.3 8 7 8 8
June 6.7 7 7 8 8
July 7.7 7 8 9 9
August 8.0 7 8 9 8
September 6.9 8 7 7 6
October 6.3 6 7 6 6
November 5.5 6 6 5 5
December 4.6 6 4 5 4
Average 6.6 6.0 7.2 6.8 7.1 7.0

64th highest wind speed of Türkiye

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 282° 092° 291° 265° 086°
February 286° 255° 346° 258° 241°
March 247° 225° 289° 239° 084°
April 231° 248° 228° 227°
May 229° 269° 243° 261°
June 248° 041° 249° 099°
July 072° 062° 071° 078°
August 079° 078° 082° 070°
September 077° 260° 294° 359°
October 271° 195° 084° 099°
November 250° 161° 119° 078°
December 255° 360° 257° 082°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.